(!tnurnr~tu m~tnlngirul tlnut41y Continuing LEHRE UND VVEHRE MAGAZIN FUER EV.-LuTH. HOMILETIK THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vol. V August, 1934 No.8 CONTENTS Pap The Chief Prinoiples of New Testament Textual Critioism. W. Arndt. • • • • • • • • • • •• 577 Zur Lehre von der Reue. Th. Engelder ..•••••••••••••.• " 584 The Catechism in the Christian Home. T. Laetach ••••••• 596 Der Gottesdienst in der alten Kirohe. P. E. Kretzmann ••••• 604 The Story of loseph in the Light of Reoent Researoh. P. E. Kretzmann. • • • • • • •• 611 Sermons and Outlines.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . .. 81lS lliscellanea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 826 Theological Observer. - Kirchlich.Zeitgeschiohtliches .•• " 630 Book Review. - Literatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . • . .. 644 Ein Predlger mugs n1cht alleln wf!iden, also dasa er die Schafe unterwelse, me 8i8 rechte Ohrieten aollen aeiD, sondern auch daneben den Woelfen wehre,., dll/lll sle die Schafe nfcht angrellen und mit talscher Lehre vertuebren und Irrtum eln· tnehren. - Lu,her. Es lot keto Diog, daa die Leute mehr bel der Kirchc behaelt df1lD die gute Predigt. - .Apologie, Arl.2J. If the trumpet give an oncertaiD lOund, who ohall prepare h1mle1f to the battle f 1 Oor. ,lJ, 8. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of lIIIissouri, Ohio, and Other States CONCORDIA PUlJLISBIlfG :S:OlJ'SlI:, St. Louf!l, lIIto. OH 644 Book Review. - 2itetatut. Book Review. - £iteriltuf. ~ie .\lciliZgewififjeit !lei 2utfjcr. (2;ine enttuidlungsgefd)id)t1id)e unb ft)ftematifd)e SDurftellung. man Qt If reb .It u t 3. metlag bon ~. ~ettel5mann, ®iiters' lo~. 1933. 262 5eHen 6% X9Y2' ~teis: M.8, 1attoniett. "Unfm Unterfuri)ung fUlJrt in bas ~ e t 3 ft U d bes· tefigiiifen 2enens unb tfJeologifd)cn SDenfens But!)ers. mit bet ~tage: ,lffiie ttiege iel) dnen gniibigen @lott?' finb tuo!)1 leine stloftediim~fe tid)tig umfel)tieoen; abet biefe e i n ei);tage umfd)lieilt bie tucitere: ,lffiie )1Jetbe id) ein menfd) n a d) ® 0 t t e if> Iffi 0 fJ I, g e f a II en? Iffiie ole i 0 t mit ®ott gniiMg in ~tuigfeiH Iffiie tuetbe id) m e i n e S ~ e i I s g e tu it 1 'II mit bief em 5at neginnt Me QlofJanblung. Unb tuenn bet 2efet, bem es um biefe 5ael)e 3U tun ift, begietig bet QlusfU!JtUng foIgt, fo ift et nid)t enttiiufd)t, fonbern unterfd)teint banfoat bie 5d)lut.fiite: ,,~s gibt ein e tu i g e s ~ ban gel i u m. Iffieif 2ut!Jet b i e f e 5 bet lillelt tuieber, gebtaef)t !Jat, ... butfte in feinet 2eid)entebe bon bem (2;ngel bet Dffenbntung ge, f~rod)en tuerben: ,~et !Jatte ein e)1Jiges ~bangelium, au betfUnbigen benen, Me auf ~tben tuo!Jnen', Dffenb. 14, 6. mon bie[em t;l;bangelium gift, tuas bon ~!Jtiftus ge[agt ift: ,~~fus ~f)riftus geftern unb geute unb ber[efbe auef) in ~tuigfeit', ~ent. 13, 8. .8u il)m tuollte 2utl)er rein beutfel)es moff fUl)ten, ,auf bat tutt bUtef) besfeflien ®nabe gerer!)t unb (l;tben feien bes etuigen 2enens naa) ber .i;)offnung. ~ a sift 9 e))) it Ii elj )D a fJ t', :tit. 3, 7 f." ~er 2efet tuitb fcinem ®ott banf, bar f ein flit bas bon 13ntl)er ber .l1:itel)e tuiebetgefcl)enfte 2e!Jtftiict bon ber aUf bas ~bangelium gegrUnbetell ~eifSge)))itfJeit. ~t tuh:b aud) bem merfaifer filt feine bottrefflie!)e ~lrbeit bantoat fein, bie fo mand)es %refflid)e aUf trefflid)e IlIleife au fagen lueili. t;l;r[t tuirb Butl)ets stamN um bie ~eilsgetuitl)eit batgertellt, tDie e1' auf bem Iffieg bet Ifficrtgetecl)tigieit fid) in dnem ,,~nferno" befanb, lDie cr aUf bem ll:lleg bet ,ugel'ecl)ltCten ®erccl)tigfeit in ein ,,~tttgatorio" tam unb )))ie er aUf bem Ifficg bet @lfauoeusQcreel)tigteit bas ,,~atabifo" e1'rdel)fe. Untct bet ,,3uge, reel)nefen ®md)tigteit" bet ,tueiten ~etiobe berftel)t ber metfaffer bas ,,~JHd)t, 3ured)nen bet SUnbe butd) ®ottes ftcie Iffiillensent[el)eibung". ~s !Jan'oert fief) nm ben boluntatiftifd)en @lottesbegtiff Decams, bet 2utfJel's bamalige ;tl)eologie befJettfel)te. ~intet bet "gratia imputata ftanb niel)t bet gniibige &ott bet 5el)tift, fonbem ber .ptiibeftinimnbe, abfoiute, fl'eie Iffiilfe bes occamiftifd)en ®ottes". "Qlm Qtnfang ber motlefung [Ubel' ben ffiiimetbrief] ftanb bet l)eil5, ungetuiffe 5Unber bor einem ®ott, bet in unbered)enbatet IffiHlensentfd)eibung gereel)t f.prid)t unb betbammt; am ~nbe tuft bas in (Il)tifto begnabigte @lottes, finb: ,~Tbba, Hebet mater!' Occam ift enbgilItig bute!) ~auius befiegt. £lIt!Jet gat bie %fJcologic bet ~illleftH Uber)))unben." (5. 146.) ~ie Saef)e bes foge, nanntcn ,,':tunncrfebniifc§", bon bem £utfJet in bet mortebe aut ®cfamtausgabe felner Iffietfe rebet (Iffi. 54, 179 ft.: ,,~a filfJfte iel) mid) gana unb gar als ein Iffiiebcl'gcoorner unb meintc, bute!) offene stUten in bas ~arabies dnlutreten"; bUr. 5t. B. Qlusg. XIV, 448), )))il''o grUnblid) untetfud)t. stUt5 fJult bafUr, bali bas ,,':tutmerlebnHi" in beulJRonat 5e~tember, f.piiteftens Dftoner, bes ~af)tes 1516 fulft. s\)ie 5acl)e ift lDicl)tig flit bas merftiinbng bel' ffiii111ernricfbotlefung unb anberer i\'rilfJfd)tiften. "S\)er Qlusbtud ,bet gniibige ®ott' ift girt nod) nie!)t tefotmatorif el) oU berftefJen" (5. 94), "aud) nid)t bie QlusbrUde ,®faune' unb ,lJ1id)b anred;nUllg'l/ (5. 83). :;5n bet 3)))eiten ~etiobe "tuitb nid)t ber ® la u be, fon, bem bie ~ emu t, bie Qlnerfennung bes inneren 5Unbigf eins, hie Qlnfed;tung Book Review. - 53ttetatut. 645 unb bas 9Cief)t~aben bet SJeH!lgetuib~eit als ~eHsnottuenbig ~ingeftellt" (15. 87). lImon bet ffiiimcrbtiefbot1efung fngt 53ut~et 1532, bab cr in i~t 3U e in i \1 c r ~rfenntng [!)rifti gdommcn fei (stifd)r. I, 136). mon feine! erften ~falmenbot, 1efung ~at er fll/iter ubet~aujJt nief)t me~r gmbet. SDas ift nid)t ,8ufaU, fonbetn ~bfid)t. l5ellift b.er @alatetbtief bon 1519 ift naef) feinem flliitmn UtteH nid)t teif. ,,53ut~er tnubte gans genau, bna er b i e b 0 11 e (\; r fen II t n i s b e s lR e f 0 t mat 0 r s etft befnt, a1!l er fie!) anfef)ic!te, ben !\Slattet 3 u m 3 tu e i ten ~ a I·e 3U intetjJtetieren." (15. 146.) "mom ad)ten Stallitel bes ffiiimerliriefes an, tuo bie 'illonblung fid) borbereitete, finben fief) I5teUen, ous bencn refotmotorifd)es ~orgenHef)t leuef)tet." (15. 67.) (B tuitb in biefem steil bes lBud)es anfd)oulid) unb etgteifenb befd)tieben, tuie 53utlJer bon I5tufe 3u I5tufe nuftniirts gefulJrt tuutbe, Dis er, nUf bem nUeinigen lBoben bet l5d)rift fte~enb, feines SJeilonbs, frines @laubens frol) fein ronute - bas bon @Dtt 3ubcreitete 'illetf3eug ber ffie, fotmation. :Iccr 3tueite steil bel)nnbclt "SDie .\;leilsgetnitl)cit Iiei 53ntlJer in fWe, matifd)er SDarfte[(ung". SDie SJeiHlgetuia1)eit grunbet fid) aUf 'illOtt unb l5aftn' ment, ift bie bom SJeiligen @eift butef) ?!l\ort unb CSnframent gCilJirfie @etui\i~eit. "SDer .Ideilige @cift ift rein CSfelltHer; et gnt nid)t ,8tueifcl~nftes uub unfid)ere W/einttngen in ultfete .\;leqen gefef)tieben, fonbem fefte @eluiiifJeiten, bie feftet unb getuiffet finb aI§ feloft bns 53eben unb aUe 0:tfa!Jrung. ('ill. 18, 605; CSt. 53. SUusg. 18, 1681.)" ,,:;5n SUnfcd)tungen id)tieb er an feine CStulientUr obet aUf feinen CSd)teibtifef): ,Baptizatus sum!' [)ber et jagt: ,9J1eine :taufe bleiDt, gleid)lnie bie CSonne oUeleit Meibt.' ('ill. 34, I, 97.)" ,,,(S;5 nu~t bit nief)t9 BU glaulien, ba~ [!Jtiftus fUr bie CSunben nn bet e t bal)ingegeben fei, tuenn bu 3tueifelft, Db et fUr be i ne CSunben geftotben jei. ~as glnulien aud) bie ~iimonen. ~it feftet ,8uberjict)t mU[lt bu batan feft~n(tcn, ba~ et aud) fur b e i n e CSUnben geftotben ift unb b u ciner bon beuen i deft, fUr beren CSUnbe et ba~ingegeben tnutbe. ~ns ift teel)tfertigenbet @lnube. . .. SDns ift bas 8eugniS bes SJeUigen @eiftes.' (W.2, 458; CSt. 53. ~lnsg. 8, 1376.)" - SUnf stuei bon .!l'Ut3 ~ietbei betonte !\Sunrte mi\ef)~ ten tuir noef) befonbers aUfmedfnm maef)en. 1. CS\mergiSmuiJ unb "";leilsgetuia~eit betiragcll fief) nid)t. ,,[)b tuit Die betfd)icbenen \tormen bes SJcibentums obcr bes :;5ubentums ... bntouf~in betraef)ten, ubernU finbet fidj bet metfuef), itgenbcinen mcnfC!)fief)en CStonbllunIt @ott gegeniiber feft3Ul)oUen unb einem - toenn nuel) nod) fo fef)tuad)Cll - CS\)ncrgiSmus :)coum su [(f)affen. 53ut~er bagegen ~nt nllein bon @ott unb feinem Wort !Jer geutieilt unb mit bem ~onetgismus fomptomi\l' los (,l;tnft gemaef)t. SD·nmit ~iingt feine .\;)cilsgetuib~eit gan3 mg unb unmittelliat 3ufammen. l5ie ift fofor! oufgegoben, tuenn fie bon einem menfef)Hct)Cll stun ao, ~iingig tuitb. ,~as tueiii id) getui\l, ball ief) nicl)ts ~enfcf)lid)es tate, fonbem @iitb licf)~s, inbcm id) aUes ®ott Buteile, bem ~enfef)en nid)ts.' (W. 40, 1. 1131. CSt. 53. 9, 97.) ®ott fd)nfft nut' (lUS bem ,9Cief)ts'. ,Ut eius natura, ex nlliilo omnia creare, ... sic creavit omnia. Sic iustificat peccatores, vivificat mortuos, salvat damnatos.' ('ill. 40, 3, 154. CSt. 53. 4, 1873.)" (CS. 208 f.) 2. 0:tfa~rungs, tljeologie (im mobernen CSinn) unb SJeilSgetni\ll)eit bertragen (id) nief)t. ,,9Caef) bem @ejagtm tuitb es immetl)in gut fein, bon ciner 0:rfaljt1tngs 9 run b I age beil @Iaubens bet 53utl)er nict)t BU teben. ~ie ,8uberfief)t bes @lauliens unb bie ®e, tuia~eit bes SJeiles bleibtnucf) 0 9 n e gegentuiittige 0:tfalJtnng unb ift unab. ~iingig bom gegentuiirtigen rrUglen. ®ott fann bas \tu!Jlen ent3ie~en, ogne 3U' gleid) bie @lauoens3uberficf)t BU nel)men. . . . man tuitb nief)t jngen bUtten, ball 53utfJer (,l; t f n ~ run g 5 t l) e 0 log fei. ~t bntf tueber bon cinet :tfJeologie in ~nflJrud) genommen ilJetben, bie gegen aUe (,l;rfal)rung ftteitet, noef) bon dnet st!Jeologie, bie i!Jten @lnubens g tun b in bet (,l;rfagrung be(i~t." (CS. 233 ff.) 646 Book Review. - .\3iteratur. ,,,sUucl) ben anbetn il'e~!er ~at .\3ut~er bermieben, bat er nicf)t ba~ tengiil~ er~ rebenbe :;sa) 3m teIigiilfen SUutotitat macf)te unb bie (,);rfagrung betfefbftanDigte." (6.244.) - ~ei af1ebcm macf)t .\'turD felbet bet (,);rfa~rungst1)eologie einige .!l:on~ 3effionen. ~r jagt 3. Q3.: "Ware S3utger ein 6onberfaU, luie burfte man bann eine .!l:itcf)e aUf jeinet Be~re unb f e in e m ~ t ! e ben" (bon uns unterftticf)en) "ftbauen 1" (6.256.) ,ober: ,,~etbe.s mut ijufammenfommen: bas Wort unb bas SUngef1Jrocf)enfein bmcf) ®ott; Die (,);tfa~rung unb i!)re .!l:onfotmitat mit bet 6d)rift. lffio ba~ erlebt tuitb, ba ift ~emger ®eift, ba ift ,offenbarung, ba ift ®e~ tuit!)eit." (6. 244.) ~amit foU natiirltcf) me~t gefagt fein ag bie~, bat, um ein ([grift au fein, man ein [grift getuotben rein mut, bat, um lJie .!l:taft ber ~ei~ ligen 6cf)rift au etfal)ten, man fie erfal)ten mut. Was gemeint ift, ift, bat sum Wott ®ottes nod) ettuas gin3ufommen mU\l, bamit es feine .l1'rajt crtudfe. SUuf eben Diefer 6eite lciel! tuit: ,,®ott muiJ ®ott bleiben, unb alUGr fotuo~l bem er~ lebenben ober i1Jefulierenben :;Scf) alS aucf) bet 6cf)tift gegentibet, bie nicf)t ein S3egrbucl) tiber ®otte~ lffiefen unb Wtllen ift, fonbern erft burcf) ben ~eingen ®eift berlebeni>igt werben mUfl." :;Sn iil)nlicf)er Weift luitb 6.222 ein falfd)er ®egenfal) gebHbet: ,,:;Snbem bie 6 d) r i f t igm [Butger] Diefe 6id)erl)eit bot, ~atte fie bod) fold)e Wlacf)t nid)t ag tote SUutorit1it 'Des gefd)riebenen Q3ud)]taliens, fonbern aIS lebenbtges ,seugniS bes ~eUigen ®eiftes" - bas aUerbings "i m Wort unb Ii e i bem Wort i.fl". SUber tuarum benn ~ierbei bon einer toten SUutoritiit reben1 Unb 6.223 l)eiflt es gat, in gef1Jertiem S)ruc!: "S) e t g e i ft Ii e tu it f t e ®! a u Ii e mut immer errt bas Wort rebcnbig unb 3U einem wid~ Hel)en unb 1Jerfiinlid)en ®otteswort macf)en, um ~eiB~ Ii e w i fl ~ e it 3 u we c! e n." iJ1od) dnige anbere 6al)e miiffen beanftanbet tuet~ ben. SDas ift fd)abe, ba bet l!5erfaffet 3umeift Butger red)t berfte~t. - ~a§ Q3ud) ift aud) in fe~t' berft1inblid)et 61Jrad)e gefd)tielien. SUud) barillier fteut fid) bet 2efet. :t I). G; n gel b e r. The Original Jesus. (Der Goldg1'und des Lebensbildes Jesu.) By Otto B01"che1"t, D. D., Author of DC1" Tod Jesu im Lichte seiner eigenen Wo,"te und Taten. Translated by L. M. Stalker. The Macmillan Company, New York. 1933. 480 pages, 5ljzX9. Price, $3.50. This is a valuable book, offering a fresh, original treatment of great questions having to do with the Life of lives. We are told in the editor's preface that the German original, which was published after the war, "has had a remarkable history. It had to wait for sixteen years before it found a publisher, having been offered and rejected no less than ten times" (p.9). The editor's explanation is that the book was "ahead of its time." This seems plausible. It constitutes a defense of the Biblical Jesus, and such productions before the war were regarded as worthless anachronisms, which should not be permitted to cumber the ground of this highly intellectual, sophisticated, and almost omniscient age. "With the disillusionment brought about by the great war and the subsequent peace, it found its public, and its message went home. Many editions in the original German have been exhausted; it has been translated into Dutch, Danish, Swedish" (ibid.). It is not easy to give an adequate description of this remarkable book in a few words. To begin with, we may emphasize that it is not a life of Christ as that term is commonly understood - an orderly, comprehensive account of what the gospels report of the earthly life of our Savior. The Book Review. - i3itctatUt. 647 events are not studied in their sequence; questions of chronology are not discussed; material of this nature is seldom referred to. What the author endeavors to do is to place before us facts and incidents from the life of Christ which will justify our acceptauce of Thomas's confession: ":My Lord and my God." The purpose of the work, then, is apologetic. It is designed to make credible Christ's "portrait in the· form in which it is offered to us by the gospels" (p. 13). This is accomplished by demonstrating that the gospel story cannot be an invention. If it were a fictitious account, it would read altogether differently, the author shows. "We perceive in different races and in different centuries ideal figures, the creation of many heads and busy hands, often a tissue woven by many generations, the at- tempt having been made to glorify one man above his fellows; but it has not been successful in a single instance. In every case the deficiencies can easily be perceived, and the blots on the picture [tre very clearly visible to everyone who is not wilfully short-sighted" (p.14). Now think of Christ. "Like the dying Lavater we are aware of a breath from heaven playing around us when we come into Christ's presence; we feel that this Jesus is not of the earth and that the likeness is not made by human hands" (p. 16). But is it not likely or at least conceivable that the disciples of Jesus, loving and adoring their Master, kept out of the picture they drew of Him a number of blemishes and imperfections to produce a figure of perfect loveliness? Our author says he is a\vare that skeptics eall the gospel picture of Jesus a creation of the disciples; but he holds it can be clmnonstrated that such a vicw iB false, and the proof in his opinion lies in the many things in the life of Jesus which are "inglorious, strange, yes, even offensive" (p.17). He continues: "One after another all have been offended in Him - the Baptist [?], the disciples, the people, the Christian community of the second century, the rising Catholic Church, the expositors of the Bible, our own hearts. It can he proved, and for the defense the proof is important, that as soon as men withdrew ["withdrew" must be a mistranslation; one would expect: "gave rein to"-W.A.] their opposition to the picture given in the gospels and followed their own imagination, they never painted the likeness with the colors used hy the evangelists; for the figure that looks at us from the gospel story is not one which is always exalted and glorified, rather does it bear on its fore- head, even to-day, the sign of much that is an offense. It has features that will never appeal as great to the natural man, features to which we have gradually to accustom ourselves and which are now an example to us only because, guzing at Jesus, we have become convinced of their worth. And these characteristics of which we speak ure not only to be found here and there in the picture, so that one might think the evangelists had merely forgotten to erase them when they idealized the main traits -no, they are the basic features of the portrait of Jesus. But if this is so, then this portrait CUll he understood only as a product of the most scrupulous his- torical accuracy. Thc members of that early community did not find in themselves the solid foundations and the divine features of the Savior of the world; they gave them to us as they received them, even when they thereby outraged their own feelings" (ibid.). The issue of his study, the author says, will be, "that Jesus has not been transfigured by the hand of man, but that the community of the first century stood awestruck before 648 Book Review. - Xlitetatut. the story of His life, even when it was displeasing to them. We see Him as He was" (p. 20) . The work is divided into two books, Book One treating of "the foolishness in the picture of J eSllS; its value in the scientific defense of Christianity," Book Two of "the beauty of the picture: the beauty of Jesus exhibited anew to scorners and admirers." The book often reaches wonderful heights, for instance, in chapter 4 of Part Two, where the thesis is brought forward: "Jesus is still to-day at variance with the thought of all mankind; because the natural man, in so far [?] as he is stained by sin, sees in Him an enemy" (p. 73). Frederick the Great, Goethe, Nietzsche, Ibsen, Hauptmann, and others are quoted to show the deep chasm fixed between Christ and what the human mind, when left to its own resources, considers great and divine; the difference between the principles which Jesus taught His followers and those exalted and cheered by the intellectual leaders of to-day is emphasized. This powerfully confirms the above statement that we are here not dealing with an invention of the disciples. The chapter on "The Miracles of Christ" (pp.401-427) like- wise struck us as particularly admirable. The presentation is always simple and often gripping. A wealth of quotations is incorporated, showing the author's wide acquaintance with what is considered highest in the various literatures of the world. The translation, generally speaking, as far as we can judge without having the original before us, has been well done. In cOllclusion we must not fail to remark that the author's view of the inspiration of the Scriptures is the liberal one, which does not shrink from assuming' errors in the sacred writings. May we not hope that, since he is looking upon Jesus as the true Son of God, a renewed careful con- sideration of the question whether the Bible is throughout inspired will result in his following our Lord, who acknowledged the Scriptures as divinc and infallibly correct? \V. ARNDT. Whipping-Post Theology; or: Did Jesus Atone for Disease? By Dr. W. E. BiedGTwo~f. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 305 pages, 5112 XS. The somewhat queer title of this book, Whipping-post Theo~ogy, be- comes intelligible to the reader when he considers the words of faith-healer Aimee Semple McPherson: "At the whipping-post He purchased your healing," or those of faith-healer Dr. McCrossan: "Much of His precious blood was doubtless shed while receiving those awful stripes for our physical healing; but the rest of His precious blood was reserved to be shed on the cross tor our sins." Modern faith-healers thus apply Is. 53, 5 ("With His stripes we are healed") to bodily healing, claiming that the atonement was not only for sin, hut also for disease and that accordingly it is the duty of the Christian evangelist to heal not only the soul, but also the body. It is chiefly this error with which Dr. Biederwolf, a noted evangelist himself and :author of many other books on religion, takes issue. With keen analysis be examines the claim of modern divine healers in the light of Scripture :and reaches the conclusion that it is "without warrant in the Word of God." His book is divided into three parts. In the first he compares the activ- ities of modern divine healers with the healing of Christ during His sojourn on earth and shows by clear logic and excellent exposition that modern faith-healin,g is altogether unscriptural and in most cases fraudulent. As Book Review. - mteratur. 649 ·n matter of fact, faith-healers usually do not heal, but leave those who appeal to them unhealed and unhelped. In the second part the author discusses the problem of divine healing from a practical point of view, showing that Jas. 5, 14. 15 cannot be used to support divine healing and that cases of sickness in the New Testament (Paul's thorn in the flesh; the sickness of his helpers on various occasions) argue against it. An im- pOl'tant chapter in the third part of the book is that on the "History of Healing," in which he describes the movement from Montanus (A. D. 150) down to Pastor Rein in Germany (1875) and discusses Shaker ism, Khlysty- ism, Mormonism, Spiritualism, Christian Science, Simpsonism (the four- fold Gospel), New Thought, Unity, the Holy Ghost and Us Society, Em- manuelism, Dowieism, Yoga ism, PentecostalisID, etc. vVe recommend also the chapter on "An Examination of the So-called Proof-texts for Divine Healing," in which he proves that there is no shred of evidence in Scripture to support the divine healing of modern fanatics. 'iVe do not, however, agree with every statement or argument of the writer. Luther, for instance, should not be grouped aIDong those who favored faith-healing; his prayer for the restoration of Melanchthon does not make him a divine healer_ Sometimes, too, the writer speaks as if disease were not the consequence of sin; by calling it an "imposed penalty," he admits that sickness, just like the briers, the pains of travail, death, etc., was caused by sin. In some cases his exegetical remarks go beyond the scope of the passages which he expounds. But despite such faults his work is a good refutation of the error of modern divine healing. vVe recommend especially the moderation and fair-mindedness with which the author treats the subject. He admits that "God does heal the aftlicted in answer to the prayers of His believing children," but then continues: "But it is the gross perversion, the glaring distortion, the inexcusably unscriptural statement of the matter that is doing the hurt." The book is an exhaustive, thorough discussion of the perversion of modern divine healing. J. T. MUELLER. Cultural Anthropology. By Albert Muntsch, S .• T. 421 pages, 5%X8%. Bruce Publishing Co., Milwaukee. Price, $3.75. A market flooded with books on ethnological subjects can ill afford to miss this contribution of Professor Muntsch, who teaches anthropology in St. Louis University. For two reasons ~ the book is a compend such as we have needed covering practically everything of consequence pertaining to the customs, cultures, and beliefs of the uncivilized races; and we have stood in need of a book that presents the facts of anthropology in a manner free from the misconceptions arising from the atheistic, evolutionary, approach. The average text represents the so-called primitives as typical of a very early stage in the history of human society, out of which our race by slow evolution developed its culture and customs, its morals and its religion. The author of this work develops the thesis that there is no vestige of truth of such an evolution of human society. This twofold purpose runs through the entire book - to provide an answer to evolu- tionistic ethnology and to supply a text-book for classes and individuals that are making a study of primitive organization, ethics, art, and religion. Throughout, Rev. Muntsch takes pains to show the premises of Six J. G. Frazer, E. B. Tylor, and Emile Durkheim to be at variance with the 650 Book Review. - .\3iteratut:. facts. The theory of primitive universal rule by women, or matriarchy, one of the corner-stones of the evolutionistic structure, is shown to be "utterly worthless"; "the great mass of evidence stands solidly against it." The theory that human beings at first lived in sexual promiscuity and that the rule of one wife for each husband arose much later has gone by the board since the facts were more carefully investigated (pp. 9. 189) . Indeed, as in the study of biology, so also in anthropology the evolutionary view has suffered one crushing defeat after another, the facts refusing to accom- modate themselves to the theory of development out of brute beginnings_ The author does not try to account for the differences in cultural levels. "Whence the initiative of some people comes is as much a mystery as is the ultimate sourcc of the high ellllowmelltH of certain individua,ls" (p. 30). Concerning some tribes it is evident that a degeneration from higher culture has set in, and "the idea of uniYcrsal, steady, continual upward cultural progTess must be given up, once and for all, as contrary to patent facts" (p. 42). The reader of this work will receive an altogether new impression of the mentality of the primitive if his earlier reading has been limited to evolutionistic texts, texts whose authors are accustomed to seek out the most degrading aspects of primitive society and to fix upon them as the first stage of human progress. But this method is outmoded, says Pro- fessor Muntsch. "It cannot be shown that man was hrutelike in mind, habits, and behavior. . .. We realize that eariy man was like man of to-day. Human nature is the same to-day as it was when man first ap- peared on the horizon. . .. Primitive men reason as other men: their sentiments are the same; their moral sense and effort are the same as those of civilized man" (pp. 45. 46) . From the beginning, man has had the gift of reason. There is no "prelogical stage." The mental processes of the savage do not differ from our own. Oft-quoted examples of mental backwardness - such as the alleged ignorance of certain tribes as to the bearing of sexual intercourse on conception - are relegated to the land of fancy. There is much proof that the savages of our day have sunk from relatively high stages of culture. Especially the chapters dealing with mythology and religion are re- freshing with their unprejudiced approach. The author finds no proof that the higher religions have developed out of totemism and other forms of idolatry (p. 128) . "Primitive man knows the essentials of the Moral Law. _ .. The great boast of evolutionary theorists is that they hold to facts and that their opponents are being led astray by preconceived ideas of what ought to be. Neither of these two contentions is true to fact .... All the data point only in one direction - the existence of well-defined ethical notions among people to whom many writers have denied concepts of moral right and wrong" (pp. 182-186). Monkeys can neVel" develop a language, while on the other hand vocabularies of savage tribes "are rich and their gnunmatical strncture is systematic and intricate" (p. 229). :Many examples are given also from the author's own research during his sojourn with American Indian tribes. Most certainly "the languages of primitive peoples do not indicate a low mentality" (p. 241) . As for re- ligion, some form of religious belief is found among all peoples (p. 273) ; a belief in a Supreme Being - Creator, Ruler, Lawgiver - is in varying Book Review. - .\3itecatur. 651 degrees found among three-fourths or perhaps more of the non-civilized tribes of the world (p.268). Not everywhere is proof available to show that present religious beliefs are a degeneration from higher levels. How- ever, in all the vast field covering the five continents there "has not been produced any fact that militates against belief in primitive revelation" (p. 288). The darker sides of heathen life are presented, - not so much in the chapters on family, womanhood, and childhood (where the reviewer was somewhat disappointed by the rather engaging and to that extent untrue picture there presented of life among the savages) as in the sections dealing with secret societies and with tabus, witch-doctors, cannibalism. It is to be regretted that the heartlessness and cruelty which is characteristic of most of the pagan tribes untouched by our civilization is not properly emphasized, though we owe a debt of gratitude to the writer for modifying his detail in the sections treating nature-worship, sections which, in the average anthropological text, reek with obscenity. THEODORE GRAEBNER. Teaching Religion To-Day. By Geol'go Herber!; Betts. The Abingdon Press. New York, Cincinnati, Chicago. 2138 pages, 5%X8. Price, $1.25. If anyone of Oill' readers is looking for a survey of modern methods in teaching religion, he may find this a usable book. The modernistic trend of the book is illustrated by the following quotations: "Let us acquaint the children with such facts as these concerning the Bible. Let us tell them when they arrive at the age when they question how the Bible grew and how the wisdom, mistakes, beliefs, hopes, and experiences of many people went into it.. Let us treat its traclitions, its legcnds, its myths, its alle- gories, and its poetry openly for what. they are. Let us tell the beautiful Genesis story, but tell it as the wayan ancient people who believed in God accounted for His creation of the earth." (P. 184.) In the chapter entitled "God in Our Teaching" we read: "We can wonder and worship where we cannot grasp or understand. We can reach out with loyalty and devotion to a Greatness which we cannot comprehend, let alone reduce to speech and explanation. Yet, wholly in accord with this attitude and point of view are certain principles which seem sound: 1. What we believe and teach about God should be in accord with accepted knowledge. Religion should keep step with progress in human thought. 2. What we believe and teach about God should represent the weight of probabilities as represented by reason." (P.207.) And in the chapter on "Jesus in Our Teaching": "Now, certain theologians argue with great ingenuit.y and sometimes with infinite confusion of meaning that Jesus was both human and divine, lleing at the same time 'very God' and 'very man,' two natures separate and distinct, yet mysteriously fused. But what the common man wants to know is this: Was Jesus completely human in the sense that He met the same problems and tests that we have to meet and with no other resources than those available to every man to the extent he is able to use them? Or, on the other hand, was Jesus so hedged about by divinity that He had resources of which we have no knowledge? This is an important question that matters greatly. For we are taught that Jesus revealed in His life '652 Book Review. - 53iteratut. what man may become. We are urgecl to model our lives upon His and to measure ourselves by His standard. This is challenging and inspiring if Jesus won His victories with the equipment that every man may have .and if he differed from the rest of us only in degree and not in kind, in the weapons He used. But if we believe that Jesus, because of a nnique relation to God, ,yas so equipped that He could not fail and that eyery battle was won before it was begun, then there seems an element of in- justice in expecting us with our lesser equipment to approximate the level He reached. If Jesus was not human in the full sense in which we are human, or if He was divine ill a sense in which we may not be divine, then He was but playing at being a man, and we should not be measured by His standard. 'What we believe and what we teach the yOUllg on this question has a vital bearing on life and character. Is it not probable that in our teaching we need to emphasize more the human J eSllS, who has been eclipsed in theology by the divine Jesus?" (Pp. 231. 232.) THEO. LAETSCH. ~r6eit nnb iEitte in !l3nHiftinn. mon ® u ft a f :;D aIm a n. SEanb III: m 0 n bet ~ r n t e 3 u m Wt e ~ 1: ~tnten, :;Dtefe!)en, ~orfeln, Sieben, met. ltla~ten,Wta~len. (Sd)tifteu bes :;DeutfcIJeJt ~aHiftina~~nftitntiJ, ~etnn~. gegcben bon ®. :;Dalman. 6. SEanb.) 9JHt 71 Sllbbilbungen. ~. SSetteg. mann in ®UtetiHolj. 379 unb XI 6eiten 6Y2 X9% in ~elntunnb mit ffiiicfen~ unb :;DeilcHile! gebunben. ~rei§: M. 20.50. SSanb I unb II bief c~ ~cde5 ljaben tuit in lI~eljte nnb mleljte" ve!vtocl)en {74, 181; 75, 182). ~ir !Linnen nut unfete bottige ~mvfe~luug tuiebctfJolen. ~iJ ift cin fcljr tDettbolles, intctcifantes ~nf, bon bem berfalit, bet alS bie (rfte ljeutige %ttodtiit aUf bem ClJcuiet ber ~aHiftinafun\)e gUt, bet niel)t nut bide ~agre in ~oliiftina 3ugevrael)t ~at, fonbem auel) jett ber ~eiter bes ~alii!tina~ ~nftitug an bet Ul1iberfitiit ®teifstuafb ift. :;Det ~n~aft be§ botfiegenben SSanbes if I burel) belt Untertitef geniigenb bqeid)net. ~r begleitet bas ®etreibe bon ber ~tnte hts sum ffilal)len unb sut lnettuagrllng bes Wte~ls. :;De! niid)fte SSanb tuirb fie!) mit bem SStot, 3l1g1eie!) abet aue!) mit bem ,01, bem ~ein lInb bem \}'ruel)tbau befel)iiftigen unb bamit bie ffieif)c beenbigen. :;Der metfaffer ge~t immer aus bon ben -Buftiinben unb met~iiltniffen ~a1iiftinas, luie fie im SllUen nnb SJleucn :teftament gefe!)ilbett ober angebeutet tuetbw, lInb befe!)reiM biefe -Buftanbe unb merlJiiltniffe in ber ®egentuart, giM batum aue!) immer bie betreffenben l)ebra. ifelJen, aramaife!)en unb atabifd)en ~iitter an. 60 lommt cs, bali beftanbig in bem SSue!),e fie!) fae!)1ie!)e ~dHitungen 3ut .\,)eiligen 6e!)tift finben, tuie batum aud) bas mcrBeid)ng bet erwagnten lInb lJcjptoel)enen SEilJe1ftellen breieinljalb eng ge. btucftc SeHen fiiIft. ~ir geben eln vaat 18cifVie1e. :;Das ~lljrenlefen, tuie es im SSue!)e Blutf) gefelJilbcrt iuirb, iuirb genau edlart unb ge3elgt, tuie nocl) jett bicfefbc ~eifc bcfo{gt witb (6. 60----62). (!;benfo tuitb bas in bet SSibel ettuiilJnte :;Drefel)w mit bem fogC1tal1ltten SDrefe!)tuagen ober .fcf)Iitten fel)r genau unb onfelJoulielJ bc~ fe!)tieben (6.89). :;Dosfefve gilt bolt bem Sllbfe!)neiben be~ ®etteibes mit bet 6ie!)el (6. 41 f.). ~s ift tuirffiel) fein Sllu! iljnttt im ganBen SSud)e, ber niiljt intctefj onten unb beleljtenben Slluficf)!uf, iivet bas gefamte mderbauleben im olten unb jcijigen ~af(iftina galie. ~(bn gana befonbets mullen oue!) hie fce!)sunbfed)3ig SllbvilDungen, hie aUf vljotogtaplJifclJen Sllufnaljmen tu~en, beae!)tet tuetben. mlit leoen cben jett im -Beitaltet bes SEHbes, unb gcrabe biefe SSUber, bie ber merfalfct be~ ~ertes ,entweber feIbft aUfgenommen ~.at ober anbetn Sllufnegmetn berbanft, mad)en bie Book Review. - .\.litetatur. 653 6acf)c redjt betftiinblid)l. 60 9lt. 49 ba~ au~ge3cid)nete djataftetiftifdje !BUb ciner &;lanbmil~{e, bon 3wci \}rauen llei 9l(l3aret~ gema~{en. 1)as ift ein !BUb iU .\.lut 17, 35: ,,;'3wo werben ma~{en miteinanber; cine tuitb angenommen, bie anbere tuitb bcdaffen werben." (!;llenfo 91r. 15, ein btefcl)enbes UHnb mit &;lo13ting. unb 9.llauHotll, cine ~lufna~me bet American Colony in ~etttfalem, bie fofort an bas [Bott etinnett: ,,1)u follft bem Od)fen, bcr ba btifd)et, nidj! bas lJJlaul bet' binben", 5 lJJlof. 25, 4; 1 stim. 5, 18. ~llenfo bie !BHber bon bem 1)refdJfdJlitten, bon bel' [Borff(~aufel obet [Burfgallel unb anbere melJr. 1)a~ !Budj ift mit dncm bietfadjen ffiegifter berf ef)en: 1. meqeid)ni.S bet l)ellriiif d)en unb aramiiifdjen !illiitter; 2. mmeid)nill bet jett gelltaud)ten arabif d)en !illiirtet; 3. ba~ 6adj' tJera eid),ni§, bas ncun 6eiten filllt, nnb fd)lie\llid) bas ollenertl1iil)nte meqeid)nis bet llelJanbeften 6djriftfteffen. 1)ie wirmc~ ansge3cid)neten !BHber finn alle aUf @lan3jJajJier gebrudt, unb bas gan3e !iller! ift ein foldJcs, an bem man feine \}reube £.Jalien fann. )). if it t II tin g e r. Confirmation Sermons. By Harold L. Yochum. The Lutheran Book Con- cern, Columbus, O. 143 pages, 5% X S. Price, $1.00. These sermons, fourteen in number, coming from the pen of a pastor of the American Lutheran Church, are in the main good, helpful discourses, which can aid pastors in preparing addresses intended for young people. In view of the controversy on election which American Lutheranism passed through we were much interested in the author's treatment of Eph. 1, 3-6, one of the sedes of this doctrine. W11at we read on page 117 was quite' reassuring: "The mystery of the salvation of some and the rejection and damnation of others lies not in God's will, but in man's will. 'God will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.' But some simply will not be saved and will not come to the knowledge of the truth. And though we may be charged with inconsistency, we hold to what the Scripture tells us: If any are saved, it is alone by God's grace; if any are lost, it is alone by their own fault." To be sure, to say that the mys- tery here involved lies in man's will might be understood to mean that it is man himself whose decision determines his fate, either his salvation or his eternal ruin. But the context seems to show that snch a view is not in the mind of the author. He could and should have avoided the· difficulty by simply acknowledging the mystery, without any attempt at making the two parallel truths converge in one focal point (i. e., man's will). But what shall we say of these sentences in the same sermon (p. US) : "There is a genuine feeling of blessedness in knowing that God has known from all eternity that we would believe and continue in our faith and de- votion to the end of our lives. Knowing this, He has chosen us for His own." This is simply the old intuitu-fidei teaching, which, after the clari- fying intersynodical discussions, we had hoped, was quite effectually buried. Certainly God knew from eternity that we should believe; but that was not the reason why He chose us. It is unfortunate that the preacher did not adhere to his text; for there two factors only are mentioned which. had a determining influence on God's election; the good pleasure of His will ("His grace") and Christ ("He hath chosen us in Him"). Man's. faith does not figure among the causes of our predestination. We hope that in a second edition the erroneous or misleading statements will be' corrected. W. ARNDT. -654 Book Review. - £tteratut. Women of the Old Testament. By A.braham Kuyper, LL. D., D. D. Translated by Prof. Henry Zylstra. 120 pages, 5:1f2 X7%,. Zonder- van Publishing House. Price: Paper, 60 cts.; cloth, $1.00. Women of the New Testament. By Abrahaom Kuyper, LL. Do, Do D. Translated by Prof. Herlll'Y Zylstra. 73 pages, 5:1f2X7%,. Zonder- van Publishing House. Price: Paper, 60 cts. ; cloth, $1.00. The author offers fifty character sketches of wo~n of the Old Testa- ment and thirty of women of the New Testament. Naturally, each sketch is very brief. While the volumes contain striking thoughts and practical applications, yet one time and again gains the impression as if there were too little objective expounding of Scripture and too much subjective reading into the text of one's own thoughts. T. LAETSCH. The Best-Loved Religious Poems. A collection by James Gilchrist Lawson. F. H. Revell Co. 265 pages, 51A,XS. Price, $1.75. A better collection than the average. The selections are grouped under such heads as Atonement, Missions, Giving, Heaven, Forgiveness, etc. If used with discernment, it may be very helpful in offering material for sermons, addresses, school and Sunday-school programs, etc. The price is somewhat high. W. G. POLAOK. $OHi.\l.\ler 2. ~er matcionitifdje Utf~tung bes illli)t~osf(ltes \1.5~U. 2, 6. 7. mon D. Dr. ~ r n it ll:l a r n i f 0 1. 1932. ®a!ter~®.illliif)lan,merlag, .\(ie!. 134 (Seiten 7%X9%. \1.5teis: EM 4.00. Burftd i}llln uUcn OHuuiJcn! ~G;fuij her I£ijriftuij. 0:tn ebangeliidjer mUf an beutjcl)c ::tl)cologen unb Baien. mon 0: t n ft ll:l a r n i for. 1933. ~Habe~ miiel)cr mer!no, S)alle. 68 (Seiten 6% X9%. \1.5reis: EM 2.00. ~mir nennen bie[c beiben ll:litcf)er 3ufammen; benn fie gefJiiren nadj (Sinn unD ~eift 3u[ammen. ~Lllcrbings tuitrbcn tnir untet anbern UmfHinbcn Dieien odben !Btidjern iaum bic ~l)t'c antun, ~e an bieier (Stelle audj nut au eriuiil)ncn. ~IJet tnir fitl)!en uns geDrungen, fie alS abjdjrecienbe ll:leijpiele l)imultellen. ~1S ein loldjes beaeidjnet fidj eigentlidj bas erfte ll:lud) fdjon bute!) idnen ::titel. ~~ ift cine ~bl)anblung, hie )m ganaen ::tebtfritit unb bel' gejamten &'deiligen (sd)rift gum S)ol)ne hie 0:rnicbtigung bes etnigen ®ottesjol)ncs leugnet, unb bas mit bem frommen motgeben, burdj ll:lejeitigung bel' \1.5lJilijlpcrftelle cinet mcltCionitifdjen ~ntfteUung au begcgnen. 9lod) fdjlimmer ftel)t e5 abel' mit bet atnciten ~bl)unb~ lung, hie dnen fo ftommen unb an[pred)enbcn ::tite! triigt. ~iejet ~iter ift mit S)infic£)t aUf ben tatfiidjlidjen :;5nfJalt bes ll:ludjcs gerabe3u cine !Blas~l)emie au 'nennen. ~enn bet merfaffet leugnet hie ~utfJentie bet \1.5aftoralbtiefe unb nennt bie ll:lriefe an bie ~pl)efer unb an bie SMoller beuteto~aulinijdj; er leugnet bie '~riiebiften3, bie 0:tnigreit, :;5C\:ju I:s:lJtifti, bes S)eilanbes; et ~at feiue ~l)null\l bon bel' (Sdjtiftlel)re bon bet l)eiligen ~teieinigfeit, bOn bel' communio naturarulll unb bet communicatio idiomatum. ~r aeigt an biden (SteUen elnc frafje Un, l1.lifjenl)eit bettejfs ber neueften arcl)iiologifd)en %run be. .\(Ut3, untet bent (sd)ein grobet ®elclJt[amfcit berbirgt ll:larnitol dnen ~nimus gegen flar geojfenbarte ·(sd)tiftiuul)tl)eiten, ben [dolt bie IJlaibitiit dnes ®leidjgefinnten taum bcriuinben fonnte. ®it raten bem metfailer, fidj angefegcntlidj mit bem ®toflen uub bem . .\(Ieinen .!tatec(Ji§mus BuH)ers 3U befaffen, bor aUem abet bie (Sdjrift fo 3U kfen, tnie fie tatfiicl)liclJ borliegt. illliige ifJm bann bet S)eilige ®eift bie ~lugen iiffnen, bab et feine gtunbfttit3enben :;5rtttimer edennt unb - fJoffcntlid) ilffentric!) wibenuft! \1.5. 0: . .\( r e ~ man n. Book Review. - ~itetatut. 655 Why Not Episcopal. By William Dallmo,nn, D. D. Northwestern Pub- lishing House Print, Milwaukee, Wis. 16 pages, 5X7Y:a. Price, 10 cts. the copy; $3.50 the hundred. Order from Concordia Publish- ing House, St. Louis, Mo. This new tract by Dr. Dallmann, based on authoritative sources, offers the chief reasons why a Lutheran cannot join the Episcopal Church. The author gives twenty-one points in support of his thesis, and every poiut is presented in a well-balanced and convincing manner. The tract ought to prove of value, not only in keeping Lutherans from straying into the wrong fold, but also for the use of young people in topic discussions. It will help to strengthen Lutheran consciousness and give a better conviction of Bible truths. P. E. KRETZMANN. Statistical Year-Book of the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States for the Year 1933. Concordia Publishing House, St.Louis, Mo. 194 pages, 5Y:aX8%,. Price, $1.00. The appearance of this yearly report is more than a matter of mere routine; for Pastor E. Eckhardt, the statistician of Synod, has a way of interpreting the cold figures of his report so as to make them live before Oul' eyes. We have in this report not only the customary statistical mate- rial concerning the congregations, but in addition more than 40 pages telling about the ht1Jguages used in the services of our Synod, the higher institutions of learning, the various missions of the Missouri Synod and the Synodical Conference, Concordia Publishing House, the charitable institu· tions within the Church, dedications of churches and jubilees of congrega· tions, the average offering per communicant for budgeted treasuries, and many other items of interest. If the information here presented were regu- larly passed on by every pastor to all the communicant members of his congregation, we should certainly have well-informed church-members and most likely also willing workers in the Lord's kingdom. P. E. KRETZMANN. 61)nl1bnUictidjt ~~ ~tnfilinnifdjen stIiftdfti3 bet ~b.~53utl). 6t)nobe bon illHf~ fouti, ,ol)io u. a. 6t. 1934. Casa Publicadora Concordia, ~otto Illlegte. 69 6etten 6X9. :i\)iefet metidjt btingt au~et ben tiblidjen ®efcf)iiftsbet!)an'oIungen, bie fd)on an lidj fe!)t inteteffant finb, etn ilbetaus widjtiges unb sdtgemiifles ffieferat tibet "UnioniSmus"; P. ffi. iJ'. ®UtI)S, ffiefmnt. ~n btei Uaten ~!)efen witb !)ict bie 6teUung bes Sffiortcs ®oUes sum ~luilbrucf gebtadjt, unb swat in eilm fe!)t entfcf)iebenen Sffieife, o!)nc abet in itgenbetnct lllieife butdj \)(ominClldendjus !)etClUs, 3ufotbem. Sffiir fteuen uns bon ~cqen tibet hiefes ,seugniS unfetet mttibet in mtafilien unb miicf)ten bas 6htbium bicfes metid)tS aUen mtilbem aUf bas an~ gelegenHidjfte cmllfef)fen. ,sugfddj lDeifen lOll; aucf) !)in aUf bie 6t)nobal~:i\)ollller~ nummer bes ,,~b.~53ut!). stitcf)enboten bon Illrgentinien", bet dnen ausfti!)rficf)en 1Betidjt fibet hie biesjii!)tige 6t)nobalfitung au Uthinattain btingt. ~bemll!ate fin\> au 10 lrents bas 6tticf llortoftei et!)iiltltdj bon Rev. Carl H. Wolf, 353 Chapin St., Chadron, Nebr. ~. ~. oR t e t man n. 656 Book Review. - ~itetatut. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Concordia, Mo. A Brief History and a Souvenir. Prepared for the ninetieth anniversary of the dedication of its first church-building in 1844. 35 pages, 6 X 9. Price, 35 cts. Order from Rev. Oscar Heilman, Concordia, Mo. This is ,t well-written and beautifully illustrated booklet relating the history of one of our old and important congregations, especially dear to many pastors as the organization which founded their alma mater, St. Paul's College. It would be difficult to overestimate the influence of this congre- gation on the development of Lutheranism in the western part of the State of Missouri. In Pastors Biltz and Brust, the latter now the assistant pastor, it has had ministers who stood in the very front ranks of our clergy. \V. ARNDT. BOOKS RECEIVED. From Ooncordia Publishing House, St. Louis, lIfo.:- Concordia Collection of Sacred Choruses and Anthems for More AmbitiouS! Choral Organizations. No. 40: Awake, My Soul, in JoyfUl La,ys. Mixed chorus. By Ros Vors. 7 pages, 7 X 10. Price, 25 cts. No. 41: The Lord's Day. Mixed chorus. By Matthew N. Lundquist. 7 pages. Price, 25 cts. 'l'he Trebalto Collection. Two-part and Three-part Choir Numbers, Mostly for Use in Church Service. 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